{
  "id": 19901007,
  "title": "CardinalStone Steps Up AI Skills Drive for Lagos Teens",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/cardinalstone-steps-up-ai-skills-drive-for-lagos-teens",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-14T01:11:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/11/14/cardinalstone-steps-up-ai-skills-drive-for-lagos-teens/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Multi-asset investment management company CardinalStone has expanded its empowerment initiative for senior secondary school students at Aje Comprehensive Senior High School in Lagos, equipping a minimum of 100 students with practical artificial intelligence (AI) literacy skills. The training initiative stems from the firm's multi-year commitment to the institution. In 2023, CardinalStone established a solar-powered ICT center at the school to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4, which focuses on quality education. Two years later, the company partnered with STEM Learning by 9ijakids to offer hands-on AI training, aiming to help students transition from passive technology users to active digital creators.\n\nThis year, CardinalStone concentrated on mentoring students in creativity, entrepreneurship, and workplace readiness. Despite 83% of the participating students having no prior coding experience, they managed to use AI tools to generate code for websites, develop simple games, and create digital content for media promotions. Marvelous Imbisi, a participating student, expressed, \"I didn’t know I could create something like this with AI. The project made me realize I can build my own ideas and think differently about what I can do in the future.\"\n\nCardinalStone's Chief Operating Officer, Onayimi Aiwerioghene, emphasized that the initiative aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10, addressing the urgency of closing the digital divide. \"AI is transforming the world of work, and without deliberate intervention, the gap between young people who have access to these skills and those who do not will continue to widen,\" he said. \"Through this initiative, we are helping to bridge that gap by creating opportunities for children in underserved communities to develop skills that will prepare them for the future.\"\n\nFisayo Oludipe, Head of STEM Learning, highlighted that the designed curriculum aimed to spark curiosity and practical problem-solving among the teenagers. \"We want children to see AI as something they can create with, not simply consume. When a student discovers that they can build a website, develop a game, or turn an idea into something useful, they begin to see a much wider range of possibilities for their future,\" Oludipe stated.\n\nMrs. Awofeson, the school principal, praised CardinalStone for its consistent investment in digital education, noting that the effort will pay off in preparing students for an evolving job market.",
  "summary": "Omolabake Fasogbon Multi-asset investment management firm, CardinalStone, has expanded its empowerment initiative at Aje Comprehensive Senior High School in Yaba, Lagos, equipping no fewer than 100 senior secondary school students",
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}